Word Review 1 ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL WORDS

 

ABSOLUTELY ESSENTIAL WORDS Word Review 1

 

In the first six lessons you were taught 72 important words. The following exercises will test how well you learned some of those words. A In each of the parentheses below you will find two of the new vocabulary words. Pick the one that fits better. Remember, the sentences should make good sense. 1 It was a (dense, typical) day in July, hot and sticky. 2 1 could tell that Matt was coming because I knew his (blend, vapor) of tobacco. 3 Please realize that if you try to climb the icy mountain (peril, tradition) awaits you. 4 The mechanic (defected, detected) an oil leak in the engine. 5 How could you (recline, neglect) paying the rent? 6 Felix made a (sinister, frigid) remark that sent chills up and down my spine. 7 Many questions had to be answered before Mrs. Soto could (qualify, evade) for the job. 8 I am (unaccustomed, dismal) to receiving gifts from people I don’t know very well. 9 Factory-made goods are plentiful, but farm products are (rural, scarce). 10 When he got to the jail, the people in charge tried to (reform, abandon) him   B Opposites. In Column I are ten words taught in Lessons 1–6. Match them correctly with their opposite meanings, which you will find in Column II. Column I Column II 1 approach a unseen 2 expensive b filled 3 visible c hated 4 popular d dull 5 vacant e dry 6 keen f be seen 7 descend g leave 8 humid h not needed 9 vanish i climb 10 essential j cheap   C Which of the vocabulary choices in parentheses fits best in these newspaper headlines? 1 Sailors ______ Sinking Ship (Defraud, Circulate, Abandon, Devise) 2 Congress Votes to Raise ______ Wage (Hardship, Minimum, Typical, Rural) 3 ______ Fog Covers Bay Area (Dense, Thorough, Scarce, Keen) 4 Unfit Parents Arrested for Child ______ (Defect, Tradition, Neglect, Theory) 5 Escaped Convict Continues to ______ Police (Abandon, Evade, Inhabit, Conceal) 6 College ______ Quiet After Demonstration (Client, Campus, Debate, Probe) 7 Mayor Takes ______ of Office on Steps of City Hall (Oath, Data, Majority, Reform) 8 Rescuers ______ into Mine to Find Lost Workers (Descend, Assemble, Circulate, Recline) 9 New Apartment House to Rise on ______ Land (Frigid, Comprehensive, Dense, Vacant) 10 Poll to ______ Outcome of Election (Qualify, Predict, Tempt, Eliminate)   D From the list of words below choose the word that means: deceive evade circulate devise data thorough assemble predict conceal gallant villain dense tact inhabit hardship client theory persuade eliminate wholesale probe abandon comprehensive majority recline tradition descend talent defraud tempt 1 in large amounts as well as less costly 2 an evil doer, but originally meant someone who lived on a farm 3 more than half as well as the legal age at which persons can manage their affairs 4 search or investigate either by means of an instrument or simply by questioning 5 cheat and also deprive someone of rights or property 6 give up on a plan as well as neglect one’s post 7 gather (data) or just get together 8 reject and also expel 9 leaving out little or nothing and is related to the word for “understanding” 10 skill in dealing with people as well as a fine touch or cleverness   A Letter of Complaint. The following business letter uses 10 words that appeared in Lessons 1–6. Fill in the blanks with those words, selected from the group below: abandon conceal employee expensive neglect annual defect enormous gallant recline circulate defraud essential hardship tempt comprehensive detect evade majority wholesale 13 Oak Street Merrick, NY 11566 April 2, 2005 Speedy Catalog Service 200 Beverly Road Champaign, IL 61821   Dear Sirs: Three weeks ago, I bought a 13" Royal TV set (Item #996R) from your catalog, which had featured an 1 ____________________ clearance sale at 2  ____________________ savings. I am enclosing a copy of the $115 money order that I sent to you. When my father and I unpacked the set, we 3  ____________________ (ed) several 4  ____________________ (s), including a scratched screen and a broken volume dial. Since that was not my fault, I believe that I am entitled to receive a new set. It was a 5  ____________________ for me to save part of my weekly allowance for six months in order to pay for the TV, and I would appreciate your help in this matter. Even though it is not an 6  ____________________ set, and I was getting it at a 7 ____________________ price, I still feel that the merchandise should be perfect. Obviously, one of your 8  ____________________ (s) had 9  ____________________ (d) to do an 10 ____________________  inspection before the TV was shipped to my home. Sincerely, Arthur Karnes   F Words That Do Double Duty. Some of the words in this book can be used as different parts of speech. The sample sentences for the word gallant show it to be an adjective, a word that describes a noun or pronoun:

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